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The grand jury also charged Turpin with two counts of abuse of a public trust involving between $10,000 and $100,000, a more serious Class C felony with a sentence of five to 10 years.

The abuse charge carries a higher potential sentence because of the amount of money involved, according to the statute.

The alleged thefts listed in the indictment mirror the findings of the two most recent state audits of Turpin's office.

Those audits said Turpin had a total deficit in her official accounts of $139,986 for 2007 and 2008.

More than $118,000 of the shortfall occurred because the office took in money that was not then deposited in the bank. The money is missing, Auditor Crit Luallen said in a prior interview.

The rest of the deficit resulted from more than $21,000 in spending that auditors said was poorly documented or not proper, including thousands that Turpin paid her husband for painting, cleaning and other labor at her office.